Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-19
NEW STATE OF AFFAIR
WOuld-be Legsees Abandon tha Inf6g
ton Of Leasing Because They Can't
c.dzG D.ztas'e To Leasing aud ar- puv-
tins IhsIc Lands on tho 2iarkzt.
SicaE9 Ai;trna.e See iors. :

Correspondence % the Gazette.
MoBEETIs, Tex, Auz. PA slgnil
cant circumstance, AID one which prom
ises to have q most fm511..at barring on
the land problem aot the settlement CT
the Panhandle, Is The new atlitu e which
the holders CT tie immense t-lcts in this
section located with railroad certificates,
have assumed with ratereoce 20 the ti.-
Dos2l OK these lands. Heretofore the syn
dics'es WHICH succeeded 10 railroad own
ershiD have shown bu. Lttle integesI in
the sole 81 these lands, ami have c0ntled
tseir e1or.s to utilILe them fOc
8 prod- to the leasing system.
Now, TO their great establishment,
csttlemen who have been waiting for the
new law TO 20 into effecs to lease up
their ranges, ind, in many cases, their
pur Ose blocked by the refusal of the
owners Of the private alternating sec
t ons II lease for any definite period
Several instances have been brought o
the attention OF THE GAZETTE reporter
where would be lessees hsye been forced
ID abandon the intention Of leasing from
the state, because they could not secure
the alternate sections from the
syldicates holding the railroad lands
on aEy other terms than those which
made them subject to sale at any time.
The applicants 10 lease were disguised
With such conditions ali withdrew their
applications II is well understood here
that the cattle men VIII not lease en- such
terms unless To serve Z Temporary pur-
pose, and with tie view o. g speedy aban-
dOnment ct their present ranges, or, .nu-
less, as in their dealings with th6s 5Sate,
taey hope TO make these terms practically
imperative. N1t emily are tle.gF. ~ TAH c
syndiCales beginning to sh0Wa decided
dlstaste for leasing, 5ut MEASURES ere
, being taken to push the s.ics f theiT
land. The two great corporations witch
Own large proportion Of the 2ltera6ting
sections IN th5 PSEhsUdle-.he Houston
and Texas Central Railway, ED the Ne "
York and T,Xss LIND Company, wn.CIt
holds the International isuis-haYe su5S
ye7ing parties out l0cGtiLg boundary liuss
and establishing corners. |. is generally
recognized tha. such e move, undertaken
az heavy expense, is the initistive step
toward colonization measures on large
scale. No other motive could be f0Ur d
for such aCcu -ate location Of these laIda
than The EXPEDITION that they VIII soon
be n demand on the market. THIS pur-
pose TO sell, of which frequent !ntjma-
tons have lately been given, has been
confirmed by the :ction Of the LAID com
paniGS WITH reference 10 leasing.
Among the corr0o0rating circumstance
eVidencing q change of policy on the psrF
OF the great private landed interests IS
the presence OF their agents here, who
are taking active measures go
put these holdings on the market kr
William Waiter Phelps, tde New JeFsey
statesman, owns several hundred thou
sand acres in HemphiL, Wheeler, Roberts,
Gray, Collingsworth, Donley, Hall and
Childress counties, which he bouyhsGf
the Houston and Great Ncr;hern Rsif-
road. He recently stationed q represent
alive n Mooeetie with instructions to sell
on these lands as speedily as possible.
Two causes are assigned for this
change Of heart on the part OF ths
land syndicates. First, that they have
| been waiting for the coming CT railr5sds
! to this country to give i. boom aud thus
enable them to realize lair price for
their properties, snd inst now they re gard
as "the accepted time" - sell; secyndi
I the organization of COUNTIES, and CCnse-
q1eGt local control Of assessments is IAN
ing NJ the rate OF taXl;i0n II figure
Thich must seriously ST g S-cI vast ia
/ tere5is, especially when; Is things stand
at gresect, Il : gre Dul load" otopergs1
yielIipg 70. : cent II dividends t. tssf
owners. =
Toe policy OF these holders, SO farss j
Iss 5vca developed, IS % Sc. on dre : 8
ei2at years tics: with aE@uG! instgH
nents AID {. low Ia.e Of interest. Cssss
the school lands are priced q. the mr. :
mum figure, permitted by the new fsW,
the srste VIII be undeEsold. Bat even
though the state should adopt the
lowest prices, Of 81 and s. per
acre, it is expected taa. The
presence Of active agents here, the
ease with which the lands can bepurchssed
aud Identified, and the simplicity CT the
| conditions of sale will cause immigrants
| to prefer the individual to public lands.
II is not imr liable that the public will
hear so0n s so old, colonization schemes